Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones.
Quotes to Explore
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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A private jet is not a luxury; it is a necessity.
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Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.
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The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
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To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.
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The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.
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Necessity is literally the mother of invention.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.
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Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve.
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Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity.
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Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.
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Great men are never cruel without necessity.
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Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves.
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The leader should know how to enter into evil when necessity commands.
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Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, which is to be what one is and no other.
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He may have gone to bed three hours ago, but he knows who he is playing. You can rest assured that he hasn't slept a wink.
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I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at that moment, but it seems I look miserable. I am not.
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On the surface the avant garde as a whole seems united primarily in terms of what they are against: the rejection of social institutions and established artistic conventions, or antagonism towards the public (as representative of the existing order). By contrast any positive programme tends to be claimed as exclusive property by isolated and even mutually antagonistic sub-groups. So modern art appears fragmented and sectarian, defined as much by manifestos as imaginative work.
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This morning only five countries in Europe had climate targets post 2020, now 28 countries do. It's good for consumers because we can decarbonise at the lowest possible cost using a diverse mix of technologies. And it's good for business as it provides the certainty they have been calling for to unlock billions in low carbon investment.
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Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones.
